Date: November 18, 1909
Selma Lagerlöf becomes the first female writer to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature. Date: December 10, 1909 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 10 📅 Events on this day in 1909 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1909Aeneas Mackintosh Escapes Death Across Ice Floes, January 4, 1909Taft Uses…
The Montreal Canadiens ice hockey club, the oldest surviving professional hockey franchise in the world, is founded as a charter member of the National Hockey Association. Date: December 4, 1909 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 4 📅 Events on this day in 1909 📅 On This Day (Today) More events…
New South Wales Premier Charles Wade signs the Seat of Government Surrender Act 1909, formally completing the transfer of State land to the Commonwealth to create the Australian Capital Territory. Date: December 14, 1909 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 14 📅 Events on this day in 1909 📅 On This…
By signing the Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909, Thailand relinquishes its sovereignty over the Malay states of Kedah, Kelantan, Perlis and Terengganu, which become British protectorates. Date: March 10, 1909 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 10 📅 Events on this day in 1909 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from…
Ernest Shackleton, leading the Nimrod Expedition to the South Pole, plants the British flag 97 nautical miles (180 km; 112 mi) from the South Pole, the farthest anyone had ever reached at that time. Date: January 9, 1909 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 9 📅 Events on this day in 1909 📅…
Foundation of Coritiba Foot Ball Club. Date: October 12, 1909 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 12 📅 Events on this day in 1909 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1909AEA Silver Dart First Powered Flight in Canada and British Empire, February 23, 1909Aeneas Mackintosh Escapes Death Across Ice…